Rock and roll supergroup the Hollywood Vampires unveiled a menacing new cut, The Boogieman Surprise, set to appear on their upcoming album, Rise, out June 21st via earMUSIC. The Boogieman Surprise is a churning cut that finds Johnny Depp and Joe Perry trading rugged guitar riffs and crackling licks on top of a heavy drums stomp. Continue reading →

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Theres this line that gets tossed around by directors who have made highbrow horror films (you know, the kind released by A24 and Annapurna that purport to rely heavily on atmosphere over schlocky scares). Youll frequently hear these directors say that they never really thought of the story theyre telling as a horror film, that its actually a dark family drama or a coming-of-age tale or some wordy bull that means nothing because they desperately want to be taken seriously Continue reading →

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Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy on PreacherPhoto: Alfonso Bresciani (AMC/Sony Pictures Television) We are very excited to see awkward vampires take NYC on What We Do in the Shadows, which debuts tonight on FX. But the show is merely the latest union of TV and vampires, a pairing that has yielded some of pop cultures most memorable bloodsuckers Continue reading →

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Hollywood Vampires the supergroup rock outfit comprising Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry have announced their new album, Rise, which will be released on June 21st via earMUSIC. Produced by Tommy Henriksen, the 16-track set features new single, Whos Laughing Now. In the lyric video for their new song, imagery from previous live outings is interspersed with dark, animated illustrations Continue reading →

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Hollywood Vampires, the rock supergroup founded by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry, will embark on a short North American tour this spring. The seven-date trek kicks off May 10th at the Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada and includes stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Scottsdale, Arizona. The tour wraps May 18th at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Continue reading →

Hollywood Vampires have finally unveiled a new song from the band’s forthcoming sophomore album. The album has been in the works for over a year while core members Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp juggled multiple projects in 2018. Continue reading →

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I think Charles Dickens said it best. And while the evocation of his name makes for a strange bedfellow to a drinking fraternity that caroused well over a century later, it could be said that he had the Hollywood Vampires firmly in the crosshairs of his immortal lines Continue reading →

Although vampires exist in the world of Harry Potter, as shown by the literature that Harry and his friends study in Defence Against the Dark Arts, they play no meaningful part in the story. The vampire myth is so rich, and has been exploited so many times in literature and on film, that I felt there was little I could add to the tradition Continue reading →